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Oct 21, 2023 · The post-colonial perspective of cultural appropriation. Predominant approach sees appropriation as involving degradation of culture, with the most ethical thing to do being understanding: (a) threat to the marginalised culture, (b) ramifications of this, (c) devising recovery plans, (d) implementation of policy.
Sep 22, 2015 · The usefulness of the concept of cultural appropriation—to identify and denounce those who hijack other cultural elements for the purpose of mocking and jeering—is instead lost in a sea of...
Aug 30, 2021 · Cultural appropriation takes many forms, covers a range of types of action, and has many consequences. It is not a uniform practice and needs to be assessed on a case by case basis but there are common themes and issues.
- Rina Arya
- 30 August 2021
- 2
- 15, Issue10
- What Is Cultural Appropriation?
- Thin Line
- Cultures Are Complex
In the halls of academia, discourse regarding cultural appropriation arose in the late 1970s, sparked by the publication of Edward Said’s famous book “Orientalism.” In this work, Said explored how, in the West, cultural notions of the “orient” invariably aided and abettedthe material and cultural plundering of Asia. As research on the history of We...
There have been myriad cases of cultural appropriation of Indigenous and traditional cultures. However, some cases appear to be more clearly unethical and exploitative of culture than others. The vast plundering of Indigenous cultural artifacts, treasures and traditions that occurred throughout the colonial era provides the clearest historical exam...
The reality is that adjudicating between cultural appreciation and appropriation is never simple, and that is because cultures are vast, complex, historically determined and ever-changing. In the cases of both Kardashian and Jordan, I would argue that had either of them sought to establish true cultural appreciation for the cultures from which they...
Bel Jacobs explores the cultural collaborations that work well, and why a 'spirit of equal exchange' is essential in fashion. And why does concern about it matter?
Cultural appropriation, powerfully present within public awareness usually because of the commercial use of marginalised and/or indigenous cultures, often provokes moral outrage, global protests and sanctions.
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May 22, 2017 · Cultural appropriation is galling to those of us who come from the cultures being appropriated, especially when we face social and financial repercussions for not shedding our own cultures and...
